Bug#142199: debian-policy: packages should be allowed to depend on an X font
severity 142199 wishlist
thanks
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 04:40:03PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Robert Millan wrote:
> > I maintain the bochs-x package, which is absolutely useless when
> > the xfonts-bochs package is not installed. Not depending on it
> > brings trouble, for example, when apt ignores the recommends.
>
> And what about people using a remote X server and don't need local
> fonts? Just use a Recommends.
Didn't know about that. Then please document it in section 12.5.8
I consider that xfonts packages should be dinamically virtually
provided when they're installed in a remote host, somehow. But this
is a dpkg thing.
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Robert Millan
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